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One large tree can
provide a day’s
supply of oxygen for
up to four people.
Chestnut-eared
aracari
If you find a tree
stump, you can figure
out how old it is by
counting the rings in
the wood.
Forests cover about 30% of the land on Earth.
The tallest tree
in the world
is a Redwood
named Hyperion.
A falling raindrop It measures 379 ft
can take 10 minutes 8 in (115.7 m).
to travel from the This is the same
treetop canopy to height as 20
the forest floor. two-story houses
stacked on top of
each other.
100 2.2
The Amazon camu camu
It is estimated that in One oak tree can tons (2 metric tons) of
100 years’ time, there will support over 280 timber make just 1.1 tons
berry is full of vitamins.
be no rain forests left. species of insects. (1 metric ton) of paper.
Speckled
wood
butterfly
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